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Mumbai: 16-year-old girl jumps off terrace in Prabhadevi

Updated on: 07 March,2021 12:00 AM IST  |  Mumbai
Vishal Singh | vishal.singh@mid-day.com

On Saturday the girl visited the house of the society’s president and asked for keys to the terrace to dry clothes, said police. She then went to the roof which is on the 10th floor and jumped off

Mumbai: 16-year-old girl jumps off terrace in Prabhadevi

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A 16-year-old girl jumped off the terrace of a building in Prabhadevi on Saturday. The girl, a Class 10 student, was a resident of building 12 of Sai Sundar Nagar, Prabhadevi, said police. She used to live on the 7th floor and went to a school in Dadar.


On Saturday the girl visited the house of the society’s president and asked for keys to the terrace to dry clothes, said police. She then went to the roof which is on the 10th floor and jumped off. Dadar police rushed to the spot and took her to KEM Hospital where she was declared brought dead.


Dadar police questioned the residents of the building and it was revealed that the girl was reprimanded by her family over something which made her take the extreme step. The girl's father works at a gas agency, added police.


"The girl committed suicide by jumping from the terrace, we are investigating further by registering an ADR in this case,” said Prannoy Ashok, DCP, zone 5.

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